> 1) payment per article, at prices comparable to aggregate ad income; Unfortunately, this kind of micropayment will not work for most people and perhaps more

> 1) payment per article, at prices comparable to aggregate ad income; Unfortunately, this kind of micropayment will not work for most people and perhaps more importantly will lead to less revenue for the publisher. Clary Shirky has written about why micropayments [0] is the wrong model for consuming content more than a decade ago. [0] http://shirky.com/writings/fame_vs_fortune.html http://shirky.com/writings/fame_vs_fortune.html